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Driscoll became the second confirmed case of COVID-19 in Ohio's Summit County last week, posting about her experience on Facebook – under her maiden name of Brock – as a way to encourage others to take the disease seriously.

“I was really sick,” she said. “I was really scared there for a little while about how sick I was.”

Summit County Public Health could not confirm or deny whether Driscoll was the second confirmed case in the county, identifying the individual only as a person in their 40s.

Driscoll is 48 and provided the Akron Beacon Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network, with documentation from her hospitalization. The paperwork indicates she is to remain quarantined and that she is required to notify anyone who treats her that she is under investigation for COVID-19.

'My body has been through a battle'

As of Monday afternoon, the state reported 50 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ohio.

Driscoll, who is home now under quarantine, said she is starting to feel better but is still exhausted and dealing with symptoms like fatigue and headaches.

“Just like my body has been through a battle,” she said.

Amy Driscoll looks on from inside her house as son Cade, 14, grabs food dropped off by her friends.(Photo: Jeff Lange/Akron Beacon Journal)

The mother of four said she was at work at an insurance company on Wednesday when around 3 p.m. she started to feel tired as if she was starting to get sick.

She went home at the end of the day and took her temperature, which was 99.2 degrees, just above normal. She said she took Motrin and fell asleep.

When she woke up at 3 a.m., she was coughing and her chest hurt.

“It was hard to get a breath in and my chest felt constricted,” Driscoll said. “It was like nothing I had ever quite experienced.”

She called her cousin, who is a nurse, and then University Hospitals’ Ahuja Medical Center. The hospital, she said, initially told her to call the Ohio Department of Health’s call center number, but at 3 a.m., there was no answer. Her cousin called Ahuja Medical Center back and told them Driscoll was on her way.

On arrival, Driscoll said, the hospital immediately put her into isolation. They informed her they needed to run a litany of other tests to rule out diseases like the flu and pneumonia, which she has had before. If all were negative, she could be tested for COVID-19.

By Friday night, after her fever reached around 102 degrees, she had a positive COVID-19 test result.

“I was like, are you sure?” Driscoll said. She received great care, she said, but she was the first patient her doctors had seen with the disease. She asked several questions about how her next few days and weeks might go.

“They shrug their shoulders a little bit and they say, ‘We don’t really know,’” she said.

They also do not know how she was exposed to the disease. Her ex-husband traveled abroad to Germany recently, and her son had contact with him and then with her, but because no one else is sick, that doesn’t appear to be the origin, Driscoll said.

She said she attended a Cleveland Cavaliers game the Saturday before with other members of her family before she got sick, just ahead of the NBA suspending its season, and before Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced schools would close.

Just a week ago, she noted, no one was quite sure how seriously to take the threat of coronavirus.

“In retrospect, we all went, ‘Oh maybe we should have made better decisions about that,’” Driscoll said.

Take the disease seriously: 'People you love, their lives may depend on it'

The health department had her make a list of anyone she came into contact within the previous two weeks, and employees at her office at her insurance company, which she did not identify, are all working from home.

Hudson City Schools, where her son attends, sent an email to families Sunday morning, noting the health department had already made calls to any families who needed to be contacted as a result.

After two days in the hospital, where she was treated with IV fluids, pain medications for the headaches and fever reducers, Driscoll said she was finally starting to feel better and was allowed to go home.

She’s spending most of her days on her couch, watching movies with her son and getting up just to get a drink from the kitchen. She’s disappointed she won’t be able to vote on Tuesday.

When she logged into Facebook following her ordeal, she saw comment after comment from people who didn’t believe the disease was that big of a deal.

A friend from high school posted asking if anyone actually know anyone who was sick from COVID-19.

“And I thought – me,” Driscoll said.

Her public post, which was shared thousands of times, encouraged people to take the disease seriously.

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Over 3,000 vehicles made their way to the parking lot of Nelson Field at Reagan Early College High School in northeast Austin to pick up to a 30-pound box of food April 4, 2020. President and CEO of Central Texas Food Bank in Austin, Texas. RICARDO B. BRAZZIELL, Austin American-Statesman / USA TODAY Network

Becky Kops, right, uses a picker to hand her friend, Dajen Bohachek, a present as friends of Bohachek, of Bayside, held a social distance drive by birthday party for her during the coronavirus to celebrate her 44th birthday in Bayside, Wis. on Friday, April 3, 2020. The group decorated their vehicles at the Fox Point Village Hall before heading to Bohachek’s home to celebrate from the road. The stay at home order and the necessity to stay socially distant from each other has inspired creative ways for people to connect. MIKE DE SISTI, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY Network

An Arlington County employee speaks with a woman at a drive-thru donation point created to collect unused and unopened personal protective equipment, cleaning supplies and some food items to help people responding to the coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic, in Arlington, Virginia on April 3, 2020. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds, AFP via Getty Images

Lorena Dominguez, a campus operations specialist at the IDEA Rundberg charter school in Austin, Texas, teaches math to kindergartener Reighan Holzkamp, 6, on Wednesday April 1, 2020. Ten children of first responders and essential workers are being taught at the school amid the coronavirus pandemic. Jay Janner, American-Statesman/ USA TODAY NETWORK

The City of Phoenix closes park amenities due to the COVID-19 health crisis on the first day of Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey's "stay at home" order at Steele Indian School Park in Phoenix on April 1, 2020. Rob Schumacher, The Arizona Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK

A body wrapped in plastic is prepared to be loaded onto a refrigerated container truck used as a temporary morgue by medical workers due to COVID-19 concerns, March 31, 2020, at Brooklyn Hospital Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. John Minchillo, AP

The Oculus Transportation Hub at the World Trade Center in Manhattan was all but empty March 30, 2020 as the stores that ring the site are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Journal News/ USA TODAY NETWORK

State Rep. Vincent Pierre, D-Dist. 44, wears gloves as he holds his hand to his heart for the Pledge of Allegiance, as legislators convene in a limited number while exercising social distancing, due to the new coronavirus pandemic, at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La., March 31, 2020. They assembled briefly on the last day bills could be introduced during the legislative session. Gerald Herbert, AP

Medical personnel take people out of the Gallatin Center for Rehabilitation and Healing on Monday, March 30, 2020, in Gallatin Tenn. As of Sunday, 74 residents and 33 staff members at the facility has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a spokesperson for Gov. Bill Lee. Mark Zaleski, The Tennessean/ USA TODAY NETWORK

People prepare places to sleep in area marked by painted boxes on the ground of a parking lot at a makeshift camp for the homeless, March 30, 2020, in Las Vegas. Officials opened part of a parking lot as a makeshift homeless shelter after a local shelter closed when a man staying there tested positive for the coronavirus. John Locher, AP

A postal service carrier dons gloves as he delivers mail in Jackson, Miss., March 30, 2020. The letter carrier, who asked to not be identified, said other carriers in his post office also have started to wear gloves amid concerns for the new coronavirus. Rogelio V. Solis, AP

Gary Meyer, owner of Friedrichs Coffee, throws a bag of coffee into a car window at Friedrichs Coffee in Urbandale, Iowa, on Saturday, March 28, 2020. Meyer spent Saturday morning giving free bags of coffee to residents to help pull the community together as residents spend more time isolated in their homes due to the Covid-19 coronavirus. Bryon Houlgrave, The Des Moines Register / USA TODAY Network

Nurses stand on a hill outside the emergency entrance to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx borough of New York, Saturday, March 28, 2020, as they demonstrate with members of the New York Nursing Association in support of obtaining an adequate supply of personal protective equipment for those treating coronavirus patients. A member of the New York nursing community died earlier in the week at another New York hospital. The city leads the nation in the number of coronavirus cases. Nurses say they are having to reuse their protective equipment endangering patients and themselves. Kathy Willens, AP

A lone traveler enters an empty baggage claim area in Terminal Four at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix on Mar. 27, 2020. Airlines are reducing flights due to the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. Rob Schumacher, The Arizona Republic via USA TODAY Network

Teacher Julie Dannenmueller holds her sign for the students with the help of the Caped Crusader as teachers from Bluewater Elementary school have a parade through their school’s neighborhoods to sat “hi” to their homebound students on March 27, 2020 in Niceville, FL. Michael Snyder, The Northwest Florida Daily News

A general view of a lock on the main entrance gate on what was supposed to be opening day between the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Evan Habeeb, USA TODAY Sports

Tom Giesfeldt, of Milwaukee walks his his dogs in an empty Miller Park parking lot on what would have been the Milwaukee Brewers opening day game against the Chicago Cubs in Milwaukee on Thursday, March 26, 2020. The game was postponed due to the coronavirus. Mike De Sisti, Milwaukee Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK

Kate Madsen, 6, displays her drawing in her window in hopes that it would cheer her neighbors up on March 25, 2020 in Sioux Falls, S.D. Madsen and her first-grade classmates are learning remotely to prevent the spread of the coronavirus at Robert Frost Elementary School. The 6-year-old says she misses her teachers, friends and art class. Abigail Dollins, Argus Leader

A hospital worker checks the temperature of a coworker at a pedestrian walkway at Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas on March 25, 2020, where almost all visitors have been prohibited amid the coronavirus outbreak. Jay Janner, AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Lori Glazer of Ossining, N.Y. rides an empty Metro-North train in to New York City during the morning rush hour March 25, 2020. Glazer is a registered nurse in the Children's Hospital at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. She says that riding the empty trains is surreal and that it's scary going into the city because "you never know when you're going to get sick." Seth Harrison, The Journal News via USA TODAY NETWORK

A low number of vehicles travel on a normally busy Marquette Interchange in Milwaukee on March 24, 2020. Scores of businesses will close for a month under a new order from Gov. Tony Evers aimed at keeping people in their homes to limit the spread of coronavirus in Wisconsin. MIKE DE SISTI / MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL

Residents at The Waterford at St. Luke Senior Independent Living Community emerge from their apartments to wave flags and sing "God Bless America" on their balconies and porches in North Canton, Ohio on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, they must remain in their living areas. Scott Heckel, The Canton Repository/ USA TODAY Network

Mail carrier Jasmine Armstrong wears a mask while delivering the mail in Peekskill, N.Y. March 23, 2020. Armstrong says the the postal service supplies gloves and a mask, and she is maintaining the recommended six feet from others in order to avoid being exposed to the Covid-19 virus. Seth Harrison, The Journal News/USA TODAY NETWORK

Alba Sanchez, right, and her children, left to right, Stefanie Mendoza, 16, Alberto Mendoza, 11, and Iker Mendoza, 6, pick up their free breakfast and lunch that was delivered on a school bus to Park Place at Loyola apartments on Monday March 23, 2020 in Austin, Texas. Austin ISD continued to provide free meals to its students and their parents amid the school closures caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Jay Janner, American-Statesman/ USA TODAY Network

Shakaira Brooks and scores of other people wait in line with appropriate social distancing for the 8 a.m. opening of the H-E-B in the Tanglewood Village Shopping Center in South Austin on Sunday March 22, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Jay Janner, Austin American-Statesman via USA TODAY Network

Daily routines must continue, Sammy Irizarry of Passaic, wears a mask and gloves as a precaution against COVID-19 while washing his clothes at Tri-City Laundromat on Sunday, March 22, 2020. Irizarry has preexisting health conditions, including diabetes and high blood pressure and is still working. Amy Newman, NorthJersey.com via USA TODAY Network

Signs block the paths to the beach at the Okaloosa Island, Florida, Boardwalk, Saturday, March 21, 2020, as beach closure orders are in effect for Walton and Okaloosa Counties in the Northwest Florida panhandle. Michael Snyder, The Northwest Florida Daily News

Times Square in Manhattan was far emptier than usual for a Saturday afternoon March 21, 2020. Coronavirus concerns have closed almost all businesses and kept most New Yorkers indoors. Seth Harrison, The Journal News via USA TODAY Network

A Wayne State medical professional particiaptes in the Detroit Regional COVID-19 Drive Thru Testing Program as she prescreens a first responder Friday, March, 20, 2020 before they are tested for COVID-19. Wayne State with the help of the DPD funneled traffic one way down Brush Street from the I-75 service drive to tents set up in a lot at 2900 Brush Street in Detroit. Mandi Wright, Detroit Free Press

Director of the Georgia Esoteric & Molecular Laboratory (GEM) Dr. Ravindra Kohle holds a vial containing a possible coronavirus sample before it is tested at the GEM lab at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Ga., Thursday morning March 19, 2020. Michael Holahan, Augusta Chronicle

Ashley Layton, an LPN at St. Luke's Meridian Medical Center, communicates with a person before taking a swab sample at a special outdoor drive-thru screening station for COVID-19 coronavirus in Meridian, Idaho on March 17, 2020. Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman via AP

Kenny Scott, 4 walks with his mother Kayla Hutchinson and sisters after they picked up their grab-and-go lunch and snack at Carter G. Woodson Elementary School in Jacksonville, Fla. on MArch 17, 2020. Duval County Schools started handing out grab-and-go lunches and snacks at neighborhood schools around the city , March 17, 2020 to continue the meals that students would have been getting had school been in session. Bob Self, Florida Times-Union

A medical team prepares to test people for COVID-19 at a drive through station set up in the parking lot of FoundCare, federally qualified health center in West Palm Beach, Fla. on March, 16, 2020. Greg Lovett, The Palm Beach Post via USA TODAY NETWORK

A pharmacist gives Jennifer Haller, left, the first shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus,, March 16, 2020, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. Ted S. Warren, AP

Even for a typically slow Sunday afternoon Grand Central Terminal in New York City was quieter than usual March 15, 2020 as Coronavirus concerns kept travelers and tourists off the streets and away from popular destinations in the city. Seth Harrison, The Journal News/ USA TODAY Network

People stand outside the gates of Disneyland Park on the first day of the closure of Disneyland and Disney California Adventure theme parks as fear of the spread of coronavirus continue, in Anaheim, California, on March 14, 2020. David McNew, AFP via Getty Images

Customers at grocery chain HEB in Austin look for products among increasingly empty shelves as the city responds to concerns of the spread of the new coronavirus and COVID-19 on March 13, 2020. James Gregg, Austin American-Statesman

A woman moves out of Chadbourne Hall Thursday, March 12, 2020 on the campus of UW-Madison in Madison, Wis. The university is one of multiple Wisconsin universities on Wednesday took dramatic steps to ward off or curb the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, everything from moving courses online to canceling university-sponsored travel and events to extending spring break. Mark Hoffman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Trader Michael Gallucci works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Stocks are closing sharply lower on Wall Street, erasing more than 1,400 points from the Dow industrials, as investors wait for a more aggressive response from the U.S. government to economic fallout from the coronavirus. Richard Drew, AP

Judie Shape, left, who has tested positive for the coronavirus, waves to her daughter, Lori Spencer, right, Wednesday, March 11, 2020, as they visit on the phone and look at each other through a window at the Life Care Center. Ted S. Warren, AP

David Rodriguez, top, and Joseph Alberts, of the City of Austin Transportation Department, take down a South by Southwest street banner on East 7th Street outside the music venue Barracuda on Tuesday March 10, 2020, after SXSW was canceled due to the coronavirus scare. Jay Janner, American-Statesman/USA TODAY Network

Passenger aboard the Grand Princess celebrate as they arrive in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, March 9, 2020. The cruise ship, which had maintained a holding pattern off the coast for days, is carrying multiple people who tested positive for COVID-19, a disease caused by the new coronavirus. Noah Berger, AP

A worker wipes down fare gates at the Montgomery Street Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station on March 7, 2020 in San Francisco, California. As the Coronavirus continues to spread, people are taking precautions to keep themselves and the general public safe by cleaning surfaces and wearing protective masks. Justin Sullivan, Getty Images

People walk through a sparse international departure terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport as concern over the coronavirus grows on March 7, 2020 in New York City. The number of global coronavirus infections has now surpassed 100,000, causing disruptions throughout the globe. The airline and travel industries has been especially hard hit by the outbreak, with both business and leisure travelers cancelling plans. Spencer Platt, Getty Images

A woman who tested positive with the coronavirus is brought to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, March 6, 2020. She was transferred from Omaha's Methodist Hospital in an isolation pod inside an ambulance. Chris Machian, Omaha World-Herald via AP

Microbiologist Chelsey Tiger tests samples for viruses in the virology lab at the Department of State Health Services Laboratory Building on Thursday March 5, 2020, where coronavirus tests will begin tomorrow. Jay Janner, Austin American-Statesman

Larry Bowles, an equipment service worker for King County Metro, sprays Virex II 256, a disinfectant, throughout a metro bus at the King County Metro Atlantic/Central operating base on March 4, 2020 in Seattle, Wash. Metro's fleet of 1600 buses will get sprayed once a day to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. Karen Ducey, Getty Images

Golden State Warriors fan Noah Gutierrez 11-years-old form Littleton, Colo. holds out his hand while wearing an elastic glove hoping to get a high five from Golden State Warriors Damion Lee prior to their game against the Denver Nuggets, March 3, 2020 in Denver. The NBA has told players to avoid high-fiving fans and strangers and avoid taking any item for autographs, the league's latest response in its ongoing monitoring of the coronavirus crisis. John Leyba, AP

A staff member blocks the view as a person is taken by a stretcher to a waiting ambulance from a nursing facility where more than 50 people are sick and being tested for the COVID-19 virus, in Kirkland, Wash. on Feb. 29, 2020. Elaine Thompson, AP